Faroese kinship words
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By themselves and outside of all the other conjugation patterns are the kinship words. They are faðir, móðir, bróðir, dóttir, systir, fastir, mostir (father, mother, brother, daugther, sister, father's sister and mother's sister respectively). Faðir has its own conjugation, but common for all the others is that their ending is -ir in nominative singular and -ur in all the other cases in singular. Sonur (son) is not a kinship word.
| Eintal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hvørfall | faðir | móðir | bróðir | dóttir |
| Hvønnfall | faðir* | móður | bróður | dóttur |
| Hvørjumfall | faðir* | móður | bróður | dóttur |
| Hvørsfall | faðirs* | móður | bróður | dóttur |
| Fleirtal | ||||
| Hvørfall | fedrar | møður | brøður | døtur |
| Hvønnfall | fedrar | møður | brøður | døtur |
| Hvørjumfall | fedrum | møðrum | brøðrum | døtrum |
| Hvørsfall | fedra | møðra | brøðra | døtra |
- Faðir was føður in accusative, dative and genitive singular in old Faroese and this is also the way it's conjugated in modern Icelandic.
| Eintal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hvørfall | systir | fastir | mostir |
| Hvønnfall | systur | fastur | mostur |
| Hvørjumfall | systur | fastur | mostur |
| Hvørsfall | systur | fastur | mostur |
| Fleirtal | |||
| Hvørfall | systrar | fastrar | mostrar |
| Hvønnfall | systrar | fastrar | mostrar |
| Hvørjumfall | systrum | fastrum | mostrum |
| Hvørsfall | systra | fastra | mostra |
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